Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Alpheus

(in Orlando Furioso). A magician and prophet in the army of Charlemagne, slain in sleep by Cloridano.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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